According to her lawyers, Myanmar’s deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi is facing four other criminal charges brought in a court in Mandalay, the country’s second largest city, because the United Nations has called for the violence The ravaged Southeast Asian countries reconciled.

Attorney Min Min Soe told Reuters on Monday that Aung San Suu Kyi’s legal team had little information about the latest allegations, except that these allegations were related to corruption, and two other allegations were also directed against her former government minister, Min Thu.

“There are corruption charges. We don’t know why they are suing? Or for what reason? We will find out,” she said.

New cases may put 76-year-old Aung San Suu Kyi in trouble Legal process In three different cities.

Since the military seized power in the coup on February 1, the Nobel Peace Prize winner has been imprisoned and is currently undergoing trial in the capital, Naypyidaw, on charges including illegal import and possession of walkie-talkie radios and violation of the provisions of the Disaster Management Law. Coronavirus agreement.

She was also charged in a Yangon court for failing to specify a violation of the Official Secrets Act and could be sentenced to up to 14 years in prison.

Her legal team rejected all allegations.

Lead lawyer Khin Maung Zaw said that Monday’s cross-examination of a prosecution witness revealed that the raid on Aung San Suu Kyi’s home was carried out illegally without a search warrant.

At a press conference on Monday, military spokesman Zaw Min Tun did not mention any new allegations.

He said that she violated the Constitution when the position of National Advisor was established, and he said that the position was between the president and the vice president in the command structure.

It is not clear whether this allegation is a new allegation.

Aung San Suu Kyi was banned from serving as president because her late husband and children were foreign citizens. After her party won the country’s first election, she was appointed to a new role—national adviser—and served as the country’s de facto leader before the general seized power.

On Monday night, people were seen waiting in Yangon for hours to replenish oxygen because of a violent coronavirus outbreak in Myanmar. #Myanmar what happened #Coronavirus disease pic.twitter.com/om0gwWgvX7

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Call for reconciliation

On Monday, the UN Human Rights Council passed a resolution condemning the military’s violation of the human rights of Myanmar’s Rohingya and other ethnic minorities, and calling for a reconciliation process in the country.

The resolution was proposed by Pakistan on behalf of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation and passed without a vote in the Geneva Council.

As one of the 47 members of the Security Council, China stated that it could not join the consensus, but did not insist on putting the text to a vote.

“Unfortunately, the humanitarian and human rights situation of Rohingya Muslims is still severe. Therefore, the Council needs a collective call for Myanmar to immediately stop human rights violations and safeguard their basic rights,” Pakistan’s Ambassador to the United Nations Khalil Khalil. Hashmi said. In Geneva.

The text itself calls for “constructive peaceful dialogue and reconciliation in accordance with the wishes and interests of the Burmese people, including Rohingya Muslims and other ethnic minorities.”

The resolution also called Stop fighting immediately And hostilities, targeting civilians, and all violations of humanitarian law and human rights law.

It expressed “serious concern” about the continued reports of serious violations and abuses of human rights, including arbitrary arrests, deaths in detention, torture, forced labor, and “intentional killing and mutilation of children”.

In the face of a surge in COVID-19 coronavirus cases, people stood with empty oxygen tanks, waiting to be filled with oxygen tanks outside a factory in Yangon on Sunday [Ye Aung Thu/AFP]

The UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights Situation in Myanmar, Thomas Andrews, told the Human Rights Council last week that the military had committed crimes against humanity since its control and condemned the international community for failing to “end this nightmare.”

Michelle Bachelet, the head of UN human rights affairs, also told the council that the situation in the country “has evolved from a political crisis to a multifaceted human rights disaster.”

According to the United Nations, since the coup, nearly 900 people have been killed and about 200,000 people have been forced to flee their homes.

Following the surge in the number of infections, the country also faces a separate health emergency. Cases of COVID-19.

The military general said that there were 3,400 new coronavirus cases on Sunday, compared with less than 50 a day in early May. Overall, the country has reported at least 192,000 cases and more than 3,800 deaths, but given the collapse of the health system after the coup and the country’s response to COVID-19, the actual numbers may be much higher.

On Tuesday, Myanmar media reported that soldiers opened fire to disperse crowds of people buying medical oxygen in the Nam Dagon area of ??Yangon.